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1 ,372,0'70. Patented Mar. 22, 1921.

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UNITED `siuxres PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM n. GRAY, or ELYnIA, oiIo, ASSIGNOR To THE IIIQYRIA ENAMELED PRODUCTS COMPANY, OF ELYRIA, OHIO, A CORPORATION or oHIo.

MoUNTING MEANS,

` i Application led June 11,

To all whom# may concer/n Be it knownthat I, WILLIAM E.;G.RAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elyria, in the county of Lorain `and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mounting Means; and IV do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and` exact description of `the invention, such as will enable others` skilledin the art to which it appertains to` i My invention relates to improvements in means for mounting devices in an opening in avessel or the like. i i

The `objects of my invention and the invention itself will be explained in connection with a description of an embodiment of the invention. i i

. Figure 1 is a sectional view showing my alongthe line 2-2 in `opening.` In the embodiment shown the opening 4, is circular and the flange 5 is" integral with the vessel wall and is turned outwardly therefrom.l The wall of the vessel is curved at the junctionfof the {iange j in the vessel, as shown atG.

A jacket 7 may be mounted about the y,

wall of the vessel, provided with an opening 8, preferably of the same shape as the opening 4 and iii alinement therewith. The mounting means proper is shown at 9 and consists of a member adapted to extend through the openings 4 and 8. In the em* bodiment shown the transverse section of the member 8 is circular. The member 9 is provided with a bore 10 through which` there extends an agitator shaft 11. The member 9 is provided with a second opening 12, through which there extends a part 13 of a thermometer. The part 9 is provided with a chamber 14, which serves to house a portion of a thermometer.

In the embodiment shown the walls of the opening 12 are threaded, as shown at 15 and the thermometer is provided with a` portion 16 having threads 17 to cooperate with the threads 15. In the embodiment Specification of Letters Patent. l `Pteted Mar. 22, 1921 isis. serial No. 239,394.

shown the thermometer is provided with 4a second portion 19, including a scale to indicate the temperature within the vessel.`

The part 13 may, ashere shown, extend through the mouth 20 of the chamber into the vessel. Anagitator `21 is mounted on the shaft inside y the vessel land suitable means, such as a pulley 22, isemployed for rotating the propeller. In the embodiment shown, the member 9 is provided with a i collar 23, the rear portion of which is threaded, as shown at 24, to cooperate with the threads on a lock nut 25. The forward end of the member 9 is provided, in the embodiment shown, with aflange 26, adapted to serve as an abutment for a ring 27, which engages the interior of the flange 5. The flange 26 may engage the curved portion 6 ofthe collar-5at the points 30, assisting in `preventing the `accidental removal of themember 9 from the opening.`

Where a- 'acket is used, suitable "means are employe for connecting the member 9 to the jacket. In the embodiment shown, rings 40 and 41 are employed for this purpose,` The rin 40 is provided with a main portion 42, which extends through theopening`8, and lwith aflange 43, which engages the inside :of thewall. 7.` The ring 41 is provii'ledwith an extension `44, which acts through packing material 45 against the jacket 7. Suitablemeansare provided for connecting these "parts together, such as bolts 48. "Packing 50 is used'at various" "l" places to tightly seal the joints. i

The shaft is provided with a conical thrust bearing 60, adapted to engage with la begring 61 on the front end of the memer y It will be understood that any suitable form of agitating means or thermometer may be employed in connection with the em bodiment o f my invention illustrated in the drawing. i

It will be seenv that I have used mounting means common to both the thermometer and the agitating mechanism for mounting both these devices in the same opening in a vessel wall. I have thusproduced a unitary structure which can be removed, transported `and remounted as a whole, from one tank to another.- It will also be seen that by the use of my invention the means for making observation upon and agitating the contents of a vessel maybe readily installed upon any vessel and that to do so, where my invention is used, itis necessary to make only one opening ther-ein. Y

I have shown this particular embodiment of my invention and the details thereof for the ur ose of better describing the same.

P P b It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that numerous and extensive departures may be made from both the embodimentv shown and the details thereof, Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

`I claim: Y

1. In combination, .a vessel,y a jacket for the vessel, a plug vpiercing the vessel and Vthe jacket, said plug serving as a hub for a packing joint for the vessel and for a packing joint for the jacket, 'sa-id plug having a solid. Vsection throughout its entire thickness, -With a .shaftr bearing Vextending through said solid section, a chamber relcesse'd inthe plugto one side of the bearing and terminating in ahead, and a thermometer projecting through the headA and intothe chamber and beyond into the vessel.

2. In combination, ,a shaft bearing, a chamber mounted on one side of. said bearing .having a head located approximately near'thefcenter along the length of the bearing, a` thermometer mounted in said head and extending'along the length of the chamber, said bearing projecting through the and a.y shaft extending therethrough, a recess in saidv plug'extendingrfrom the inner vessel outwardly and beyond the jacket and terminating in a Wall, and a thermometer piercing said Wall and extending through the length of the recess.

el. In combination, a shaft bearing, a chamber mounted on one side of said bearing having a head located approximateljv near the center along the length of the bearing, a thermometer mounted in said head and extending along the length of the chamber, said bearing projecting through the Walls of two chambers, a packing joint on said plug for each chamber, one of .said chambers located Within the other, threads on the outside of said plug, and a packing nut engaging sai-d threads, said packing uut serving to control the packing in one of said joints.

5. In combination, a cylinder, aplug therefor, said plug consisting of a long tube serving as a shaft bearing and of a short tube Within which the long tubo is located, the inner ends of both tubes being flush, a shaft in said bearing, the shorter tube having a head along the head of the longer tube. and a thermometer in said head and projecting into the shorter tube and extending toward the flush ends of the tubes.

6. In combination, a. cylinder. a plug therefor, said plug consisting of a long tube serving as a shaft bearing and of a short tube within which the long tube is located, the inner ends of both tubes being flush, a shaft in said bearing, the shorter tube having a head along the head of the longer tube, and a thermometer in said head and projecting into the shorter tube and extending toward the iiush ends of the tubes, .said shaft serving to operate a propeller to mix a fluid in the tank and the thermometer serving to register the temperature ,of the fluid.

In witness whereof. I have signed my name at Elyria, in the county of Iiorain and State of Ohio, this 3d day of June, 1918.

WILLIAM E. GRAY. 

